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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

Outside pull requests to InternLM/xtuner got a first human reply in a median of 2 days (34 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 54% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,437 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,437 of 3,219
Score42.90
TierC
Median first reply2 days (48.8 hours)
14-day no-reply share54%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,437 of 3,219
Score
42.90
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 37.0 (coverage 100%), friction 45.6 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness54.480%
Criticality20.5100%
Governance76.8100%
Rigor37.8100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.80.0%100.02019 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/InternLM__xtuner.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.53.8%0.05220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/InternLM__xtuner.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.48.8 hours (2 days)49.43419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/InternLM__xtuner.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.472.7 hours (19.7 days)36.72919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/InternLM__xtuner.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/InternLM__xtuner.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.599 downloads a month8.7——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__xtuner.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.342134.2——primaryraw/github_meta/InternLM__xtuner.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.4100.0774—primaryraw/commits_365d/InternLM__xtuner.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/InternLM__xtuner.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/InternLM__xtuner.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/InternLM__xtuner.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.53447.5309—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/InternLM__xtuner.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.18.2%22.74419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/InternLM__xtuner.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/InternLM__xtuner.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/InternLM__xtuner.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,437 of 3,21942.90CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems999 of 1,27643.14CRated
AI-assisted2,916 of 3,69641.83CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
3552744c0845765efdad76ee3067ce7aabea818f3102a55d2fa478b0d7c333bc

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/7b.json, under the key InternLM/xtuner.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). InternLM/xtuner. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/internlm/xtuner/. CC BY 4.0.

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